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Author Firdawsī, author.
Uniform Title Shāhnāmah. Selections. English (Levy)
Title The epic of the kings : Shah-nama, the national epic of Persia / by Ferdowsi ; translated by Reuben Levy ; revised by Amin Banani.
Publication Info London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967 [i.e. 1973?]
Copyright date ©1967
Edition [Rev. ed.]


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Descript xxviii, 423 pages ; 23 cm.
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Contents Prologue -- Translator's note -- The poet's introduction -- I. The reign of Keyumars -- II. The reign of Hūshang -- III. The reign of Jamshīd -- IV. Farīdūn -- V. Zāl -- VI. Rostam -- VII. Siyāvosh -- VIII. Key Khosrow -- IX. Rostam and Akvān the Div -- X. The adventure of Bizhan and Manizha -- XI. The latter days of Key Khosrow -- XII. Lohrāsp and Goshtāsp -- XIII. Goshtāsp and Zardosht -- XIV. Esfandiyār and Rostam -- XV. Goshtāsp surrenders the kingship to Bahman son of Esfandiyār -- XVI. The story of Bahman son of Esfandiyār -- XVII. The story of Dārāb -- XVIII. The reign of Dārā son of Dārāb -- XIX. The history of Sekandar -- XX. The adventures of Sekandar -- XXI. Rule of the Ashkāni [Arsacid or Parthian] kings -- XXII. The dynasty of Sāsān -- XXIII. The story of Haftvād and the worm -- XXIV. The reign of Ardashir -- XXV. The reign of Shāpur, son of Ardashir, his war with the Romans -- XXVI. The reign of Shāpur Zuʼl Aktāf -- XXVII. Yazdegerd the sinner -- XXVIII. The famine in the reign of Piruz -- XXIX. The reign of Qobād -- XXX. The reign of Kasrā Nushirvān -- XXXI. Bozorgmehr the wise Vazir -- XXXII. The reign of Hormazd -- XXXIII. Khosrow Parviz comes to the throne -- XXXIV. The reign of Bahrām Chubina -- XXXV. Ferdowsi's lament for the death of his son -- XXXVI. Bahrām Chubina in China -- XXXVII. The story of Gordiya, sister of Bahrām -- XXXVIII. The romance of Khosrow Parviz and Shirin -- XXXIX. Shiruy and Shirin, wife of Khosrow Parviz -- XL. The reign of Ardashir son of Shiruy -- XLI. The reign of Gorāz known as Farāyin -- XLII. The reign of Purān Dokht -- XLIII. The reign of Farrokh-Zād -- XLIV. The reign of Yazdegerd -- XLV. Māhuy ascends the throne -- XLVI. The conclusion of the Shāh-namā.
Note Some sections of the original have been omitted -- see Translator's Note, p. xxvii.
1973 reprint appears to be first printing with revisions by Amin Banani.
ISBN 0710013671
9780710013675
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Author Firdawsī, author.
Series UNESCO collection of representative works: Persian heritage series ; no. 2
Unesco collection of representative works. Persian heritage series ; no. 2
Subject Epic literature, Persian -- Translations into English.
Alt author Levy, Reuben, translator.
Banani, Amin, editor.
Descript xxviii, 423 pages ; 23 cm.
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Edition [Rev. ed.]
Contents Prologue -- Translator's note -- The poet's introduction -- I. The reign of Keyumars -- II. The reign of Hūshang -- III. The reign of Jamshīd -- IV. Farīdūn -- V. Zāl -- VI. Rostam -- VII. Siyāvosh -- VIII. Key Khosrow -- IX. Rostam and Akvān the Div -- X. The adventure of Bizhan and Manizha -- XI. The latter days of Key Khosrow -- XII. Lohrāsp and Goshtāsp -- XIII. Goshtāsp and Zardosht -- XIV. Esfandiyār and Rostam -- XV. Goshtāsp surrenders the kingship to Bahman son of Esfandiyār -- XVI. The story of Bahman son of Esfandiyār -- XVII. The story of Dārāb -- XVIII. The reign of Dārā son of Dārāb -- XIX. The history of Sekandar -- XX. The adventures of Sekandar -- XXI. Rule of the Ashkāni [Arsacid or Parthian] kings -- XXII. The dynasty of Sāsān -- XXIII. The story of Haftvād and the worm -- XXIV. The reign of Ardashir -- XXV. The reign of Shāpur, son of Ardashir, his war with the Romans -- XXVI. The reign of Shāpur Zuʼl Aktāf -- XXVII. Yazdegerd the sinner -- XXVIII. The famine in the reign of Piruz -- XXIX. The reign of Qobād -- XXX. The reign of Kasrā Nushirvān -- XXXI. Bozorgmehr the wise Vazir -- XXXII. The reign of Hormazd -- XXXIII. Khosrow Parviz comes to the throne -- XXXIV. The reign of Bahrām Chubina -- XXXV. Ferdowsi's lament for the death of his son -- XXXVI. Bahrām Chubina in China -- XXXVII. The story of Gordiya, sister of Bahrām -- XXXVIII. The romance of Khosrow Parviz and Shirin -- XXXIX. Shiruy and Shirin, wife of Khosrow Parviz -- XL. The reign of Ardashir son of Shiruy -- XLI. The reign of Gorāz known as Farāyin -- XLII. The reign of Purān Dokht -- XLIII. The reign of Farrokh-Zād -- XLIV. The reign of Yazdegerd -- XLV. Māhuy ascends the throne -- XLVI. The conclusion of the Shāh-namā.
Note Some sections of the original have been omitted -- see Translator's Note, p. xxvii.
1973 reprint appears to be first printing with revisions by Amin Banani.
ISBN 0710013671
9780710013675
Author Firdawsī, author.
Series UNESCO collection of representative works: Persian heritage series ; no. 2
Unesco collection of representative works. Persian heritage series ; no. 2
Subject Epic literature, Persian -- Translations into English.
Alt author Levy, Reuben, translator.
Banani, Amin, editor.
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Subject Epic literature, Persian -- Translations into English.
Descript xxviii, 423 pages ; 23 cm.
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Contents Prologue -- Translator's note -- The poet's introduction -- I. The reign of Keyumars -- II. The reign of Hūshang -- III. The reign of Jamshīd -- IV. Farīdūn -- V. Zāl -- VI. Rostam -- VII. Siyāvosh -- VIII. Key Khosrow -- IX. Rostam and Akvān the Div -- X. The adventure of Bizhan and Manizha -- XI. The latter days of Key Khosrow -- XII. Lohrāsp and Goshtāsp -- XIII. Goshtāsp and Zardosht -- XIV. Esfandiyār and Rostam -- XV. Goshtāsp surrenders the kingship to Bahman son of Esfandiyār -- XVI. The story of Bahman son of Esfandiyār -- XVII. The story of Dārāb -- XVIII. The reign of Dārā son of Dārāb -- XIX. The history of Sekandar -- XX. The adventures of Sekandar -- XXI. Rule of the Ashkāni [Arsacid or Parthian] kings -- XXII. The dynasty of Sāsān -- XXIII. The story of Haftvād and the worm -- XXIV. The reign of Ardashir -- XXV. The reign of Shāpur, son of Ardashir, his war with the Romans -- XXVI. The reign of Shāpur Zuʼl Aktāf -- XXVII. Yazdegerd the sinner -- XXVIII. The famine in the reign of Piruz -- XXIX. The reign of Qobād -- XXX. The reign of Kasrā Nushirvān -- XXXI. Bozorgmehr the wise Vazir -- XXXII. The reign of Hormazd -- XXXIII. Khosrow Parviz comes to the throne -- XXXIV. The reign of Bahrām Chubina -- XXXV. Ferdowsi's lament for the death of his son -- XXXVI. Bahrām Chubina in China -- XXXVII. The story of Gordiya, sister of Bahrām -- XXXVIII. The romance of Khosrow Parviz and Shirin -- XXXIX. Shiruy and Shirin, wife of Khosrow Parviz -- XL. The reign of Ardashir son of Shiruy -- XLI. The reign of Gorāz known as Farāyin -- XLII. The reign of Purān Dokht -- XLIII. The reign of Farrokh-Zād -- XLIV. The reign of Yazdegerd -- XLV. Māhuy ascends the throne -- XLVI. The conclusion of the Shāh-namā.
Note Some sections of the original have been omitted -- see Translator's Note, p. xxvii.
1973 reprint appears to be first printing with revisions by Amin Banani.
Alt author Levy, Reuben, translator.
Banani, Amin, editor.
ISBN 0710013671
9780710013675
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